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  • Fall Highball Stewardship Project

    This year's Fall Highball will feature two stewardship project options: choose between the Buttermilks and the Volcanic Tablelands for a fun morning's work. Meet at 8:30am on Sunday, November 5 in the Black Sheep parking lot. We'll have free breakfast and coffee, and an exclusive prize giveaway just for stewardship volunteers! The event will finish up around 12pm, so there will be plenty of time to climb that afternoon. Don't miss this chance to give back to our treasured local climbing areas.

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    Convict Lake Restoration Planting

    Volunteers are needed to help plant native shrubs near Convict Lake. We’ll be planting bitterbrush in a previously developed area to encourage native revegetation and reduce erosion. This effort will contribute to a healthier ecosystem in the future. So join Friends of the Inyo, Eastern Sierra Interpretive Association, and the Inyo National Forest, and help support our local ecosystems. Please wear close toed shoes and long pants. Tools and gloves provided. All ages welcome. Meet at the junction of Highway 395 and Convict Lake Road at 8:30. Work site is walking distance away. Coffee and light breakfast provided. For more...

  • Backcountry Film Festival in Bishop

    Inyo Council for the Arts 137 S. Main St., Bishop, CA, United States

    Join us in Bishop for the Backcountry Film Festival. Check our festival page for details. For tickets, go to Eventbrite.

    $15

  • Backcountry Film Festival in Lone Pine

    Museum of Western Film History 701 S. Main St., Lone Pine, CA, United States

    Join us in Lone Pine for the Backcountry Film Festival. For event details, check our festival page. For tickets, go to Eventbrite.

  • Backcountry Film Festival Mammoth Lakes

    Mammoth Visitor Center Auditorium 2510 Main St,, Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States

    Join Friends of the Inyo for the Backcountry Film Festival in Mammoth Lakes at the USFS Auditorium. For details, check our festival page. Purchase tickets on Eventbrite.

  • Oak Creek Bitterbrush Planting

    Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery Oak Creek Rd, Independence, CA, United States

    'Tis the season...to plant bitterbrush! Volunteers plant bitterbrush near Convict Lake this November. Photo by Wendy Schneider Join Friends of the Inyo, the Fort Independence Indian Reservation, the California Native Plants Society, and the Inyo National Forest for an afternoon of planting native shrubs along the banks of Oak Creek. Oak Creek was devastated by a fire and flood nearly a decade ago. The shrubs we plant will help to stabilize streambank soils, restore ecosystem function, and protect cultural sites within this beautiful riparian area. We'll meet at the Mount Whitney Fish Hatchery just north of Independence at 1pm on Thursday, December 14....

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    Buttermilk Stewardship Project with Touchstone Climbing

    Join us out at the Buttermilk Boulders for a climbing stewardship project on Sunday, January 21 at 9am. We'll be collaborating with Touchstone Climbing to give this beloved climbing destination a New Year's facelift.

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    The Racetrack Project

    Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park

    We'll be teaming up with Death Valley National Park on February 17-19, 2018 to restore areas where vehicles have trespassed on the remote and scenic Racetrack Playa. *This trip is now full, but we hope to be able to offer more opportunities like this in the near future. If you would like to hear about similar projects, email julia@friendsoftheinyo.org.

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    Chocolate Mountain Outing

    Join us for a great hike up Chocolate Mountain lead by Executive Director Wendy Schneider and Communications & Outreach Manager Alex Ertaud. This strenuous hike will take us to the top of one of the Eastern Sierra's most stunning desert peaks. Participants should be in good physical shape, prepared with food and water for a 4 mile round-trip hike with 1,400 ft of vertical gain. ***Chocolate Mountain is situated in the Piper Mountain Wilderness, and as such, there is a limit to our group size. Please RSVP to alex@friendsoftheinyo.org if you would like to join us.*** The plan is to...

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    BLM Public Meeting on DRECP

    Museum of Western Film History 701 S. Main St., Lone Pine, CA, United States

    The Trump administration is taking aim at the California Desert, and it needs your voice. The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP), eight years in the making, was a true collaborative effort by the State of California and Bureau of Land Management (BLM), with full engagement from the public and desert counties including Inyo County. Tell  the BLM that you support the DRECP as is and you oppose reopening this plan. Visit our DRECP specific blog post for more information, specifics, and talking points on the issue.

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